emperor
Meaning
- The male monarch or ruler of an empire.
- Any monarch ruling an empire, irrespective of gender, with "empress" contrasting to mean the consort of an emperor.
- Specifically, the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire; the world-monarch.
- The fourth trump or major arcana card of the tarot deck.
- A large, relatively valuable marble in children's games.
- Any fish of the family Lethrinidae.
- Any of various butterflies of the subfamily Charaxinae.
- Any of various large dragonflies of the cosmopolitan genus Anax.
- An emperor penguin.
Synonyms
emperor butterfly
emperor moth
great king
Saturnia pavonia
mighty king
ruler of empire
Lethrinus
paramount sovereign
giant silkworm moth
saturniid moth
independent monarch
world-ruler
son of heaven
supreme ruler
descendant of Amaterasu
person of imperial lineage
forktail bigeye bream
forktail large-eye bream
a mighty king
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɛmpəɹə/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English emperour, from Anglo-Norman emperour, from Latin imperātorem, derived from imperāre (“to command”). Doublet of imperator.
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